Officials have vowed to hunt down and arrest the masterminds behind a deadly mosque attack in Pakistan claimed by an Islamic State affiliate. The assault killed at least 63 people and wounded nearly 200.
An Islamic State suicide bomber has struck at a mosque packed with Shi'Ite Muslim worshippers in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 46 people and wounding dozens in the latest security challenge to the Taliban as it transitions from insurgency to governance.
The United States has completed the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan, the Pentagon says, after a chaotic evacuation of thousands of Americans and Afghan allies to close out US involvement there after 20 years of conflict.
Western forces running the Afghan airlift are bracing for more attacks after the United States launched a drone strike, apparently killing an Islamic State "planner", two days after the group claimed a deadly bombing outside Kabul airport.
